Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 1616
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الدَّرَاوَرْدِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " كَسْرُ عَظْمِ الْمَيِّتِ كَكَسْرِهِ حَيًّا " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hisham ibn Ammar narrated to us: He said: Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad al-Darawardi narrated to us: He said: Sad ibn Said narrated to us, from Amrah, from Aishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Breaking the bone of a deceased person is like breaking it while he is alive.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic uses the singular ‘عَظْم’ (a bone) and compares breaking it after death with breaking it while the person is alive; both are retained.